EP 3053745 B1 20171206 - INKJET PRINTER
Title (en)
INKJET PRINTER
Title (de)
TINTENSTRAHLDRUCKER
Title (fr)
IMPRIMANTE A JET D'ENCRE
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2014220123 A 20141029
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2016121635A1] An inkjet printer includes a determination unit, a maintenance setting value decision unit, and a controller. The determination unit determines whether or not an ink cartridge has passed the recommended time limit, based on the manufacturing date or the start-of-use date, the normal consumption period of the ink cartridge, and the elapsed period from the manufacturing date or the start-of-use date of the ink cartridge. The maintenance setting value decision unit reads the cycle and the strength of a maintenance operation for each type of ink from the memory, in a case where the determination unit determines that the recommended time limit has passed, and selects and decides the shortest cycle and the strongest strength, as maintenance setting values. The controller causes a pressure regulator and a pressure regulating drive unit to execute a purge operation, based on the determined maintenance setting values.
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC (source: CN EP US)
B41J 2/01 (2013.01 - US); B41J 2/165 (2013.01 - CN); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/175 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2016121635 A1 20160505; US 9381761 B2 20160705; CN 105564033 A 20160511; CN 105564033 B 20170627; EP 3053745 A1 20160810; EP 3053745 B1 20171206; JP 2016083916 A 20160519
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 201514925066 A 20151028; CN 201510717744 A 20151029; EP 15191625 A 20151027; JP 2014220123 A 20141029